Friday, Mar 19, 2010
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. has become the latest defendant to settle in TQP Development LLC's wide-ranging patent infringement battle over online encrypted data transmission.Thursday, Mar 18, 2010
A federal judge has rejected a bid by a dozen Wall Street firms and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to ease restrictions on some communications between research analysts and investment bankers prohibited by a 2003 settlement.Thursday, Mar 18, 2010
In a move designed to help drive its growth in key European markets, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has agreed to fork over $4.93 billion to acquire Ratiopharm GmbH, Germany's second-largest generics maker and the sixth-largest generic-drug company worldwide.Friday, Mar 12, 2010
After clearing a long-standing legal roadblock in its push to go public, the Chicago Board Options Exchange Inc. has proposed an initial public offering of up to $300 million in shares of unrestricted common stock, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.Friday, Mar 12, 2010
Dutch chemical company LyondellBasell Industries NV has announced that subsidiary Lyondell Chemical Co. will raise $3.25 billion through a first priority debt offering in order to finance its exit from bankruptcy.Thursday, Mar 11, 2010
A bankruptcy judge has given the green light to LyondellBasell Industries AF SCA's $450 million deal with its unsecured creditors that resolves their objections to a settlement between the debtor and the lenders that financed the 2007 acquisition of Lyondell Chemical Co. by Basell Polyolefins, clearing the way for the Dutch chemical giant to leave Chapter 11.Thursday, Mar 11, 2010
Patent-holding company TQP Development LLC is suing a host of corporate giants, including The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., Delta Air Lines Inc., Walgreen Co., Target Corp., Time Warner Inc., UBS AG and The Allstate Corp., for allegedly infringing its patent for an encrypted data transmission system.Tuesday, Mar 09, 2010
A major union pension fund has slapped the top players at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. with a lawsuit alleging the firm's notorious pay structure is grossly unfair to its shareholders.Monday, Mar 08, 2010
Dutch chemical giant LyondellBasell Industries AF SCA has filed a new disclosure statement that reflects a recent settlement with its unsecured creditors, rejecting a buyout bit from India’s Reliance Industries Ltd.Monday, Mar 08, 2010
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Monday called on the five largest U.S. health insurers to post publicly their justification for any premium increases in the individual or small group market, as the White House intensifies its push to finish health care reform.Monday, Mar 08, 2010
American International Group Inc. has reached a deal to sell its American Life Insurance Co. unit to MetLife Inc. for $15.5 billion, making it the embattled insurance giant's second massive sell-off in the past week.Thursday, Mar 04, 2010
A bankruptcy judge has granted Kazakhstan's second-largest bank, JSC BTA Bank, full court protection under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code while it continues its $11.6 billion restructuring in its home country.Wednesday, Mar 03, 2010
The U.S. Department of Justice reportedly has initiated a probe into hedge funds believed to have colluded in betting against the euro in an attempt to drive down its value.Tuesday, Mar 02, 2010
Plaintiffs have challenged the dismissal of two putative class actions accusing Citigroup Inc., UBS AG, Bank of America Corp., The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and several other financial firms of violating antitrust laws in their presentation and marketing of auction rate securities.Monday, Mar 01, 2010
Merck KGaA has agreed to acquire biotechnology company Millipore Corp. for $7.2 billion, a move the German pharmaceutical giant says will bolster its laboratory equipment business.Monday, Mar 01, 2010
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s board of directors has considered and rejected shareholder demands that the company revamp its compensation policies, the financial giant said in a regulatory filing Monday.Thursday, Feb 25, 2010
Three victims of Bernard L. Madoff’s epic Ponzi scheme have launched a proposed class action claiming the leadership of the Securities Investor Protection Corp. has perpetrated its own investment fraud by denying them the “insurance” the agency promised.Thursday, Feb 25, 2010
European and U.S. authorities are turning up the heat on Goldman Sachs Group Inc. for its role in arranging controversial swaps allegedly used to disguise Greece’s debt, creating a public relations nightmare for the investment bank and sparking a regulatory backlash, observers say.Thursday, Feb 25, 2010
The Coca-Cola Co. has announced it will absorb the North American business of bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. in a largely cashless transaction — a move similar to a deal approved by PepsiCo Inc. shareholders earlier this month — and hand over its European operations to the bottler for $822 million.Wednesday, Feb 24, 2010
Mall owner General Growth Properties Inc. announced Wednesday that it had received a $2.63 billion proposed equity commitment from Brookfield Asset Management Inc. as part of a plan to divide the company in two as it exits bankruptcy.| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next 10 Pages |